It was an unwise strategy for sure, but not one that I expect the Russians would try and repeat elsewhere, the main reason being that Germany is in NATO. I very much doubt the Russians would try and invade at all. If they did, it wouldn’t be for very long as they’d be pummelled by all of NATO. Either that, would go full WW3 very fast…

Edit for clarity

Let’s hope they do!

True. Still, it’s disappointing that German lawmakers would make such an irrational decision as to close the plants when they, like other West European nuclear plants, had operated without incident since the first one came online in 1969. From the looks of it they’ve had pause to reconsider closing the last of their stations this year though.

I understand that, but how is that different from most forms of fossil fuel energy generation? I’d be a bit miffed if a coal-fired plant was belching smoke over my town too

IKR? They stopped using nuclear because of Fukushima! Unlike Japan, Germany seems pretty geologically stable - at the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, I wonder if “other factors” influenced this decision. Like, for example, a former Chancellor being on the board at Rosneft?

Can’t tell if this is a bot or just a garden variety moron